Omnibus-register



H. C. & J. C. HOWELLS.

. RegisteringMachine.

No. 24,390. Patented June 14, 1859.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. HOWELLS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND J. C. HOVELLS, OF MADISON,IVISCONSIN.

OMNIBUS-REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,390, dated June 14, 1859.

llo all whom it may concern:

" Be it known that we, HENRY CHARLES HownLLs, of the city, county, andState of New York, and JOSEPH CHARLES HownLLs, of Madison, Dane county,and State of lWisconsin, 'have 'invented a new and Improved Machine forRegistering the Number' of Persons Entering or Leaving'PublicConveyyanees or Places of Public'Resort; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, figures', and letters ofreference thereon, making part of this specication.

'Of the said drawings Figure l is a side elevation of our improvedregistering machine,

Fig. Q is an end elevation, Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, and Figs. 4,5 and 6 are parts in detail.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in all the drawings.

The nature and object of our invention consists, first, in theemployment of a yielding platform to determine the value of the entry orvfare in combination with doors or equivalent devices, to secure theregistration of persons previous to their ingress or egress as will bemore fully hereinafter set forth. Second, in the employment anduse ofcircular or segmental doors or equivalent Adevices having Within thearea 'of their action a yielding platform, operating as-will be morefully hereinafter set forth.- Third, in combining with the yieldingplatform an operative lever to lift the vertical rod and puppet ashereinafter set forth. Fourth, in the use of a pin or bolt incombination with a horizontal arm in order partially to rotate thevertical rod and thus act upon the registering levers as shall behereinafter set forth. Fifth, the registering levers in combination withratchet wheels, spring pawls and double dial for registering full andhalf entries or fares as hereinafter set forth. Sixth, in the use ofbrushes and in the combination of levers and rods for operatingautomatically the doors and steps as will be more fully hereinafter setfortl To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our inventionwewillproceed to de'- scribe its construction and operation.

A, represents the `body of a stage which we have chosen to illust-rateour invention.

B B are the wheels.

C C are the axles, all these parts being of the ordinary method ofconstruction.

D is the bottom.

E E are the segmental doors.

,v F F are the steps.

G is the platform which rests upon the elliptic springs b.

H is a` piston attached to the platform G, and fitting a bearing uponwhich the doors partially rotate.

I is the upper journal for the doors.

J is a rod passing along under the'stage and sliding in proper boxes 3and 4, secured to the bottom and having a joint at l1. This rod isattached by-a joint at 8 to another rod or lever K which has itsfulcrtun at 9 and slides in a slotted piece L.

Q is a puppet operated by the rod M.

M is a vertical rod resting with a curved foot on and operated by thelever N, which has its fulcrum at j, and is acted upon by the piston H.

l O is an arm attached to the vertical rod M which is operated beneaththe doors by the pin or bolt s, in the rod d.

P is a jointed arm on the rod M which operates the levers S and T.

U is the registering wheel for whole entries or fares and V theregistering wheel for half entries or fares.

IV is the shaft or pinion which is supported by the bracket R at one endand a corresponding bracket at the other end.

X is a fixed dial plate having two distinct circles for registering fulland half entries or fares respectively-the circles being divided so asto correspond with the number of cogs in the registering wheels.

Y is the hand or pointer for registering half entries or fares.

Z is the hand or pointer for registering whole ent-ries or fares. Thesteps of the stage or vehicle are connected by the brackets 5 6 and 7 asshown in the Figs. l and 2 and for the purpose of keeping them cleanthere are stationary brushes a, a, e, against which the steps are drawnduring the opening and shutting of the doors. At one end of the rod J atz' c', there are secured the rods (l, d, which connect at g g, to theplates which form the heads of the doors and by these rods the doors aneopened and closed by the driver.A There is also in the rod a inortisewhich receives the levers c c, having their fulcra at f j', which areattached to the arms b b, at 7i h, and these levers are operated by thereciprocating movement of the rod J whereby the steps and doors aresimultaneously moved.. The steps slide in grooves 1 and 2 which are inconnection with these last mentioned devices as plainly shown in thedotted lines in Fig. 3.

Operation: In the Figs. 1 and 2 the steps and segmental doors are shownin the proper position for a person to enter the vehicle and as soon asthe person is on the yielding platform G, the piston H acts on the leverN, having its fulcrum at j, and consequently the vertical rod M whichhas its curved foot resting thereon is elevated, which elevation causesthe 'puppet Q to be thrown up by which the driver observes whether it isa whole or half entry or fare and also when to close the doors which isdone by the driver forcing forward the lever K at its upper end. Thisclosing act which takes place while the person is on the platform andwithin the area of the action of the circular or segment-al doors,causes the pin or bolt s, in t-he rod d, to act upon the arm O whichaction partially rotates the vertical rod M causing the jointed arm P onthe vertical rod M to have a movement against the lever S which has itsfulcrum at n, for a whole entry or fare which causes the finger Z whichis secured to the ratchet wheel U by the pinion WV moves over one spaceon the outer circle of the dial X which as the registration is securedby closing the doors while the person is standing on the platform withintheir area, accurately and with certainty registers every such personwho enters the vehicle. In like manner the half entries or fares aremade by the same movement of the driver which operates the finger of thelever T against the ratchet wheel V and in combination with a springpawl m moves the hand or pointer Y over a given space on the innercircle ofthe dial X. The elevation of the vertical rod M and thesubsequent action of the jointed arm P on the levers S or T in order toregister the full or half entries or fares is governed by the weight ofthe person standing on the platform within the area of the action of thedoors and which must be ascertained by the elasticity of the ellipticsprings b, on which the platform G rests or by any other suitable means.The arm P being jointed with its under side or surface beveled preventsthe possibility of a double or full and half entry or fare from beingregistered should it strike at any time. at the division of the levers Sand T, as the tendency would be to lift the arm P and cause it to strikeagainst the lever S. In order to complete the movement of theregistering wheels U and V and also hold them in place the spring pawlsm m, are used which bearing upon the ratchet teeth of the wheels U and Vadvance them one half their thickness after the fingers attached to thelevers S and T have ceased to act upon them and the levers haverecovered their former position by the action of the spring 0, arrangedfor the purpose as shown 1n Figs. 1 and 2.

It is evident from the foregoing description of the operation of ourregistering machine that a reverse action of some of the moving partswith suitable gearing will secure a registration of the entry or fare asthe person is leaving the vehicle instead of entering it.

IVe would remark that we do not confine our invention to the use ofstages or other vehicles of conveyance, but claim the right to modifyand vary its construction to suit other purposes of registration withoutdeparting from the principle by which it is governed.

IVe have thus far endeavored to render perfectly intelligible to any oneskilled in such devices aided by the drawings the method in which weconstruct and operate our improved registering machine and willtherefore state what we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent. l

l. We claim the employment of a yielding platform to determine the valueof the entry or fare and in combination with doors or equivalent devicesto secure the registration of persons standing upon it, previous totheir ingress or egress substantially as specified and set forth.

2. We also claim the employment and use of the circular or segmentaldoors or equivalent devices having within the area of their action ayielding platform operating substantially as set forth and specified.

3. IVe claim in combination with the yielding platform G an operativelever N and vertical rod M and puppet Q or their equivalents,substantially as set forth and for the purpose specified.

4. IVe claim the pin or bolt s in combination with the arm O attached tothe vertical rod M or their equivalents for communicating motion to theregistering levers S and T by the action of the jointed arm Psubstantially as specified and set forth.

5. We also claim the registering levers S and T operated as set forth,or their equivalents and in combination with the registering ratchetWheels U and V and the spring pawls m m together with the double dial Xfor registering the Whole or half entries or fares substantially as setforth and speced.

6. Ve also claim the Stationary brushes und the arrangement andcombination of levers and rods or their equivalents for operating thedoors and steps substantially as Set forth and described.

HENRY CHARLES HOWELLS. [L Sd JOSEPH CHARLES HOWELLS. [L 5,] Ttnesses zC. A. DURGIN, S, B. HoWE.

